East London mosque has filed a formal complaint regarding the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britainâ€™s presence in Pride in London. Given the context of executions for homosexuality and apostasy in many countries and the threats, violence and shunning that ex-Muslims, including LGBT, face here in Britain, the hate preaching can be considered incitement to murder though it is ignored because it is done under the cover of the â€œright to religionâ€ .

Seven people who waved rainbow flags during a music festival in Egypt have been arrested for â€œpromoting sexual deviancyâ€ . This is a new intensification of the same old moral panic about sex and gender that the Sisi regime uses to shore up its support. It’s going to claim victims, if it hasn’t already.

“St Markâ€™s Orthodox Coptic Cathedral has previously expressed that it is against homosexuality, justifying its intolerance by quoting verses from the Holy Bible that it says describes any type of homosexuality as filth.” Homosexuality is not actually illegal in Egypt but other charges can be brought â€“ such as “debauchery” (an old law directed against prostitution) and “immoral advertising” (use of gay dating apps and websites).

East London mosque has history of hosting homophobic hate preachers. I urge you to reject the complaints against the CEMB by the East London mosque and others. Instead, I urge you to ask them to explain why they refuse to have a dialogue with the LGBT community, refuse to publicly challenge homophobia within the Muslim community and why they refuse to publicly acknowledge and support LGBT Muslims. I also request you to confirm that the CEMB can participate in future Pride parades.

The move by the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) to adopt a clause that directly discriminates against homosexuals has caused fear and uncertainty in the Zambian gay community. Over the past two years, Zambia has undertaken a (...)